Survivor: Borneo · Season 1
In the Arena
Every challenge Survivor: Borneo staged — who took immunity, who won reward, week by week.
25 challenges ran this season — 14 with immunity on the line and 12 for reward.
- Episode1
- Immunity + Reward
Tribes must guide a raft they lit a series of torches along the way. Throughout the challenge, tribe members must have a hand touch the raft at all times. Upon reaching shore, the tribe must lit the remaining torches before setting their side of the fire spirit ablaze. The first tribe to set fire on their side of the fire spirit wins the challenge.
Reward: 50 waterproof matches.
Pagong wins
- Episode2
- Reward
Water Torture
The format: Shoulder the Load
There was an unaired Reward Challenge the tribes competed in between Day 4 and 5. It was a weight-holding challenge between Richard Hatch from Tagi and Joel Klug from Pagong. Whoever endures longer wins reward for their tribe.
Reward: A map to a closer water source.
Pagong wins
- Immunity
Buggin' Out
Bug-eating competition. The bug of choice was a butok, or beetle larvae. The live butok is three inches long and a half-inch round. If one castaway refused to eat, his/her tribe will automatically lose the challenge.
Tagi wins
- Episode3
- Reward
Treasure Chest
A treasure chest is submerged 150 yards off the Sand Spit. Each tribe must swim out to the treasure chest. Once the entire tribe has arrived, they must dive down and work as a group to drag the chest along the ocean bottom back to shore. The first tribe to haul their chest ashore and open it wins.
Reward: The winning tribe will bring their treasure chest to camp. The chest contains fishing supplies (mask, snorkel, spear, flippers, and bait).
Tagi wins
- Immunity
Rescue Mission
Before the challenge, both tribes received Tree Mail where they were instructed to make a stretcher and pick one tribemate (preferably the smallest or lightest) that will be lying on it. They are to choose leaders as well. Simulating a real plane crash, the smallest members from both tribes (pretending to be plane crash survivors) will be sent to the middle of the jungle and harnessed into a parachute dangling from a tree. The leaders will then guide the other tribe members to rescue the survivor and proceed to the first aid tent. The first tribe to reach it wins Immunity.
Pagong wins
- Episode4
- Reward
SOS Signal
In a fictitious scenario, a plane flies over the island. The castaways must build a distress signal on the beach to attract the pilot's attention.The tribe with the best distress signal wins.
Reward: A cache of spices, a sharp knife, hammocks, and other comforts dropped by parachute.
Tagi wins
- Immunity
Buried Treasure
A combination relay race/treasure hunt. Held on Ramis Beach, a windless cove on Pula Tiga's southern side, tribes are to find a buried treasure map, then the treasure itself. In order, the relay legs leading to the final objective were swimming, floating bridge balance, rowing, jungle running, then digging for the treasure. First to bring the trunk to the finish mat would win immunity.
Tagi wins
- Episode5
- Reward
Choose Your Weapon
Only three members from both tribe would compete for this challenge, one person per round. The first tribe to win two rounds wins.
Reward: All the fruits knocked down during the challenge, and three live chickens.
Pagong wins
- Immunity
Shipwrecked
Both tribes must select one rower before they convene for the challenge. The rest of the tribe will then be sent to the ocean, wearing life vests. Mimicking a true shipwreck, the rowers must rescue all their tribemates. The rescued teammates can then help the rower in gathering their other tribemates. The first tribe to rescue all their tribemates and return to shore wins immunity.
Pagong wins
- Episode6
- Reward
Abandoned Barracks
One at a time, each tribe member raced to a barrack. There were three different items in there (a can opener, a knife, and an army helmet). The first tribe to get all of their items (with no duplicates) back to the start wins reward.
Reward: Canned foods and a chocolate bar.
Pagong wins
- Immunity
The Obstacle Course
After being split up into pairs, the tribes must race through a military-style obstacle course. The first pair will run the first half of the course where they will meet up with the second pair. Together the two pairs will run the second half of the course. The first tribe to cross the finish line wins immunity.
Tagi wins
- Episode7
- Immunity
Snake Island Relay
All ten castaways submerged themselves underwater to see how long they could hold their breath. The top three castaways then had another competition of releasing buoys along a ladder submerged underwater. The first castaway to release all of their ten buoys would win immunity.
Won by Greg
- Episode8
- Reward
Survivor Archery
The castaways will compete in an archery competition. The player with an arrow closest to the bull's eye wins reward.
Reward: A video from home and the chance to send a video home to them.
Won by Greg
- Immunity
End of the Line
Castaways will be clipped to a group of ropes by carabiners, then they must sprint along a jungle trail and find a series of checkpoints. Along the way, they may find a rope leading them to a dead end, and if this happens, they must backtrack to their last checkpoint to start over. Castaways must cling on to the carabiner at all times. The first person to reach the end of the trail would win immunity.
Won by Gervase
- Episode9
- Reward
Out on a Limb
Castaways must collect medallions on a web course with 16 legs, each leg having a medallion with the castaways' number on it. The first castaway to get back to the center of the course with all of their 16 medallions wins. If they fall off the course, they are automatically out from the challenge.
Reward: A barbecue feast and letters from home.
Won by Colleen
- Immunity
Squared Off
The castaways will start on a square and move one square at a time. As they move, they have to flip over the square they were just on, which they may not return later. Each castaway would go until they could no longer move. Last person standing wins immunity.
Won by Rudy
- Episode10
- Reward
Bamboozled
The contestants have to run across a bamboo balance beam until one person makes it on the other side first. the first person wins.
Reward: The person will get a slice of pizza and a phone call home.
Won by Gervase
- Immunity
Fast Fire
The survivors will have to make a fire high and hot enough to burn through a rope, raising a flaglet. First player to do so wins immunity.
Won by Richard
- Episode11
- Reward
Survivor Quiz Show
The castaways will be quizzed about island living.
Reward: Reward: An overnight stay on the Sipadan Princess. The winner will use Jeff Probst's Visa card.
Won by Sean
- Reward
Mirror
The castaways would have to guess how much weight they lost. The person who comes closest would win.
Reward: A chocolate bar.
Won by Colleen
- Immunity
Walk the Plank
All six survivors will stand next to each other on a set of five planks. One plank would be removed over time until they got down to one plank. Whoever stayed on the longest wins.
Won by Kelly
- Episode12
- Reward
Mud Pack
Under a time limit of five minutes, tribe members will dive into Pagong's old mud pit and cover their bodies with as much mud as they can, go back to the starting point and scrap all the mud off into a bucket. They may not carry mud in their arms or in their hands, only their body. The buckets will be then weighed, and the heaviest bucket wins.
Reward: The winner receives a bottle of cold Bud Light beer and will be sent to production camp to watch the first five minutes of the season.
Won by Kelly
- Immunity
Witch Hunt
Before the challenge, Jeff Probst shares to the castaways a story about Malaysian folklore. At the challenge, the castaways will run to the woods to look for masks with questions written on them with a video camera to record their answers. The first person to get back to the start with all of the masks and the questions right on tape wins immunity.
Won by Kelly
- Episode13
- Immunity
Fallen Comrades
The final four castaways will be quizzed about their fallen cast members. The first to score ten points wins individual immunity.
Won by Kelly
- Immunity
The final three will hold on to the Immunity Idol while standing on a small log. The person who will last the longest wins immunity.
Won by Kelly
A record set here
72
the oldest immunity winner
The 72-year-old former Navy SEAL won individual immunity in Borneo — still the oldest castaway ever to pull it off.